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New Refugee Business Directory for Fall 2019!

Shop local while making refugees welcome! The International Rescue Committee in Phoenix has helped over 200 refugees start their own businesses. View our Microenterprise Directory or a list of refugee-owned small businesses in the Phoenix area!

IRC DocumentSeptember 18, 2019

This World Refugee Day, Restore Welcome At Home

This World Refugee Day, the U.S. should redouble its efforts to address the regional displacement crisis in the Americas by increasing its commitments to refugee protection in three key areas.

ReportJune 15, 2021

David Miliband on continuing to stand with refugees

The IRC’s CEO and president, David Miliband, shares why it’s critical that we stand with refugees and asylum seekers. 
VideoNovember 9, 2020

Welcome Center Boarding Expansion - Phoenix, AZ

Updated Posting, extended deadline to 4/27/22: This project is an 8,930 SF tenant improvement in the IRC Welcome Center, which was formally Ann Ott Elementary School. The scope of work includes converting existing classrooms into apartments for sleeping, repairing and creating fire rated walls, and an extensive remodelof existing men’s and women’s restrooms into new restrooms that include showers.

RFPMarch 23, 2022
A Central American child sits on his mother's lap at an IRC day center for asylum seekers in Arizona

What is causing the growing humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border?

The surge of families seeking asylum in the United States, recent changes in U.S. policies, and the lack of available resources and services at the border are putting thousands of people at increased risk of danger and exploitation. 

ArticleApril 25, 2019

Disorder by design: a manufactured U.S. emergency and the real crisis in Central America

This IRC report reveals the manufactured tensions created by the Trump administration at the U.S.-Mexico border and the real crisis in Central America, and recommends solutions.

ReportApril 4, 2019
Piper Perabo with IRC in Phoenix, Arizona

I met families who were detained at the U.S. border. They just want safety.

“In the news, they talk about migrants and people rushing the border, but really, these are families fleeing dangerous, violent places and seeking legal asylum here in the U.S.,” says IRC Voice Piper Perabo, who met Central American families in Arizona.

ArticleJuly 2, 2019

El Salvador: Hope in the face of gang violence

IRC president David Miliband goes inside El Salvador, a country in the grip of extreme gang violence.

VideoMarch 27, 2019

"My job is the only reason I get up in the morning"

Alex Cruz is a shelter specialist at the IRC's welcome center for asylum-seeking families in Phoenix, Arizona. Despite being in constant pain from health issues she’s had since birth, Alex chooses to focus on assisting families looking for safety and protection.

VideoDecember 27, 2019

Piper Perabo shares the truth about who is crossing the border

Actress and IRC voice Piper Perabo recently visited Phoenix, Arizona, where she met Central American mothers and their babies who had been detained at the U.S. border after fleeing gang violence at home.

VideoJune 21, 2019

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